Bomb Targets Afghanistan’s Vice President as Kabul, Taliban Prepare for Historic Talks

A bombing targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s first vice president killed at least 10 people in the country’s capital, an indication of the high stakes in the U.S.-backed talks between Kabul and the Taliban to end nearly two decades of fighting.

A bomb placed in a wheelbarrow detonated near Amrullah Saleh’s convoy in Kabul early Wednesday, Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. Mr. Saleh suffered minor injuries in the attack that wounded more than 15 people, including several of his bodyguards, according to the ministry.

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